1. Ninth Grade Vocabulary Unit 6

2. Latin Root Canere Cantum “to sing, to call

3. Recant Verb—to formally withdraw recant Sentence: The witness had to recant his statement after forensic evidence proved he was lying. Syn: repealAnt: reaffirm

4. Incantation Noun—ritual, chant, spell incantation Sentence: The witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth used an incantation to see the future. Syn: spell

5. Disenchanted Adjective—unhappy with disenchanted Sentence: The team’s fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew disenchanted with him as he failed to strike the other team out. Syn: disappointedAnt. enthusiastic

6. Latin Root Audire Auditum “to hear

7. Inaudible Adjective—so quiet as to be impossible to hear inaudible Sentence: Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost inaudible buzzing to a deafening shriek. Ant: loud

8. Auditory Adjective—Having to do with the sense of hearing. auditory Sentence: Developing auditory skills involves knowing what to listen for, and when to listen for it!

9. Audit Noun—a thorough review audit Sentence: Once the accounting scandal became public, stockholders called for a thorough audit.

10. Latin Root Sonare Sonatum “to sound”

11. Dissonance Noun—unpleasant or unharmonious sound dissonance Sentence: The static from the radio filled the room with a painful dissonance. Syn: discordAnt: harmony

12. Assonance Noun—similarity of word sounds assonance Sentence: The young poet could produce lines of skillful assonance and great beauty.

13. Resonant Adjective—having an effect; powerful resonant Sentence: The music of some composers who died long ago is still resonant today. Johann Sebastian Bach

14. Latin Root Logein To speak; to reason

15. Analogous Adjective—comparable to; like analogous Sentence: Do you think the invention of the printing press is analogous to the invention of the computer in our own time? Syn: equivalentAnt: unrelated

16. Dialogue Noun—communication between two or more people dialogue Sentence: Israel and Palestine have been at war for so long that any kind of dialogue seems impossible. Syn: Conversation.

17. Prologue Noun—a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event prologue Sentence: In the prologue to the novel, the author lists the main characters and their histories. Syn: prefaceAnt: epilogue